2 10 ft dishes in VA for auction

[daydreamer]

Here's a couple of 10 ft dishes being auctioned off in Staunton, VA. It says you need to provide certificate of liability insurance when you pick it up.



GovDeals.com: Satellite Dish, qty 2

 

[Anole]

good deal for someone:

Well, the second dish with the bent LNB arms is the Channel Master.
So, what's this other one?
They call it an ACS?
The mount looks like what DH used, but I don't know about the LNB support arms.

Personally, I'd like both of 'em if I didn't already have two nice dishes!
They're not so high off the ground as to be a problem, either.

 

[daydreamer]

They are too far away for me as I live in IL. It would be nice if someone could use them.

 

[parabolaguy]

What model is that?

Look at the second of the two dishes, the one with the arms for the feed further from the center:
govdeals.com/photos/226/226_5920_3.JPG

What model is this? I can't see to find any data anywhere.

I want to re-use this as a parabolic antenna in the 5-6 GHz range for non-satellite communications. Somebody has an old one around here I could probably get for a few bucks.

The problem is that I can't tell what the wire spacing inside the fiberglass looks like. If it's not dense enough, the dish would not be suitable for the 5-6 GHz band.

Ideas anybody?

 

[Anole]

Did you read the posts above...?

The first dish is spun aluminum, by all accounts, so it'll work fine on 6ghz....
The seller calls it an "ASC".
It bears a strong resemblance to the dishes made by DH Satellite, though that's no guarantee.

The second dish is a Channel Master molded dish. See the logo in the last picture?
Here is member McGuyver's photo gallery.
He refurbished and repainted a damaged CM dish he found in the desert, and it's working on Ku just fine.
Search on posts by him for more info.

Ku-band is around 12ghz, so I don't think either dish would disappoint you on 6ghz.

 

[ACRadio]

The mesh is the same as Channel Master used on most all their glass dishes...it's similar to screen door wire...

 

[iammike]

Did you read the posts above...?

The first dish is spun aluminum, by all accounts, so it'll work fine on 6ghz....
The seller calls it an "ASC".
It bears a strong resemblance to the dishes made by DH Satellite, though that's no guarantee.

Actually, they called it an ACS. ACS is a local company here in Roanoke that used to sell c-band satellite dishes in SW VA. They got out of the business a few years ago and only do Dish network now.